Frontispiece - Artist's home at East Bergholt: P.1482-R

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 232 mm Width 240 mm
Sheet Height 264 mm Width 363 mm

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Inscription or legends present

• Text: FRONTISPIECE. / To Mr. Constable's English Landscape.
• Location: Plate upper centre
• Method of creation: Printed

• Text: Painted by John Constable. R.A.
• Location: Plate lower left
• Method of creation: Printed
• Type: Signature

• Text: Engraved by David Lucas.
• Location: Plate lower right
• Method of creation: Printed
• Type: Signature

• Text: EAST BERGHOLT. SUFFOLK.
• Location: Plate lower centre
• Method of creation: Printed
• Type: Title

• Text: "Hic locus aetatis nostrae primordia novit. / Annos felices laetitiaeque dies : / Hic locus ingenius pueriles imbuit annos / Artibus, et nostrae laudis origo fuit."
• Location: Plate lower centre
• Method of creation: Printed

• Text: London. Published by Mr Constable 35 Charlotte St. Fitzroy Square 1831.
• Location: Plate lower centre
• Method of creation: Printed
• Type: Address

• Text: 160
• Location: Lower centre
• Method of creation: Graphite
• Type: Number

Related exhibitions

• 77 mezzotints by David Lucas after Constable from the Charrington Collection
• Constable

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1482-R
Primary reference Number: 4501
Shirley: 27 I (published state)
Wedmore (Lucas): 1
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 27 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints